Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1907 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

FRIDAY i The D. A. R. will meet with Mrs. E. P. Houau next Tuesday afternoon. t Senior Hopsins will visit with Donald Hollingsworth in a few da\ s and witness the CarlisleChicago football game tomorrow. Mrs. Leslie, who is conducting the meetings at-the Baptist church, is having good audiences each night and likewise good; interest. The meetings will continue over next Sunday. Mrs. M. E. Spitler departed this morning for Oklahoma City, where she will spend the winter with her son M. L. Spitler. Her granddaughter Miss Mildred Spitler ac companied her as far as Chicago.—

SATURDAY Mayor Ellis went to Chicago To 7 ■day to witness the Chicago-Carlisle foot ball gaire. Miss May Hart returned to her home, at DeMotte after a short •visit with Mis Zoe Peck. w ZZI Editor Harry Strohm having resigned as postmaster at Kentland, Dr. R. C. McCain has been appointed. Mrs. Mary Mathey has returned to her home in Engl©wood, alter a short visit with her sister, Mrs; Mary Drake. Jennings Wright and wife are in -Chicago today, where he will witness the football game. An interesting literary program was given yesterday afternoon, at the high school, by the pupils of the eight grade. James Cavander, of Walker township, was in town yesterday. He is planning a prospecting trip to Michigan, with a view to locating there. The Notre Dame football team With a crowd of rooters and a band passed thru Rensselaer on their way to Lafayette, where they will play Purdue this afternoon. Bert Brown, of Brookston, who has been working in Canada for several months, is visiting his brother, Jimmie Brown, here. He is a baker, and may secure a job here.

A basket ball league has been organized in the high school and will be played each evening, a team will be selected from the league to represent the high school in contests this winter. You can write us a check on any of the local banks for your subscription account and it will be as ■cheerfully received as tho you paid the cash. You don’t need to wait until you get the currency. / Dr. Jay Sayler, of Lamar, Colo., is in Chicago to see the big Chica-go-Carlislei Indiana football game. He will not get down here to see Hiß oici Jtcensseiaer irienuo, into wni ndsit the future Mrs. Sayler over in Illinois. Uncle Bill N. Jones write* back from David City, Neb., that he arrived there safely without incidept or accident on schedule time, stood the trip nicely and was feeling fine. The weather was fine, everything seemed prosperous, with Bryan stock at home quoted below par. He sends his regards to all his Rensselaer friends.

Eleven ladies of the Presbyterian Industrial Society tbok baskets of good things to eat into a land where plenty already existed, viz. the home ofD.E.Tanner on the Thomp eon-Lawer farm Friday. M.s. Tanner received the ladies with much pleasure and a mammoth dinner ▼as served and the day very pleas®hctly spent. 11 Sherman Renicker has moved his admily and household goods from 'tHs farm near Minot, North Dak., and will spend the winter and spring in Rensselaer. He reports that the Dakota crops, this fall were very poor, wheat yielding on an average of only ten Dnshels per acre and oats only twenty bushels. He has prospected all over southern Canada and reports the land as being first class but badly in need of irrigation. He will farm his brother’s place the coining summer and move to Dakota again next & . ~

Thos. Taggart, democrat national chairman, has given notice of his decision not to seek nor accept the national chairmanship at the coming reorganization, but be will ask to hfl made the Indiana member of the national committee. Mrs. W. W. Bussell had a very bad time with her teart yesterday morning and the children were summoned to her bed side and two doctors worked witlr her for sever al hours. In the evening she was somewhat improved. She is in her 81st year. The Republican party was right on the money question in 1896 and "BP/an now admits that the free silver issue is dead. Should a man who advocated a wrong financial proposition in 1896 He regarded as qualified to dictate a successful plan now! Misses Bessie King and Pearl Comer gave a china shower for MissLblaTUift, Friday evening at the Comer House. About twenty girls were present and a large number of beautiful presents were given. Miss Clift will bSSarKKt"®: Mr. Wallace Sayler on December 11st.

MONDAY W illia Lntz is in Monon, on busi ness today. Mrs. Jesse Cromwell has gone to Monticello, to spend Thanksgiving at home. .... Dr. Hartsell has gone to Chicago on business and will be absent until Tuesday evening. Mrs. Sherman Richards has been in quite bad health lately from neuralgia of the stomach. E. J. Kayes has gone to New Richmond Ind., to take chargezzpf: the erection of a large elevator. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Parr and daughter, of Chicago, are visiting her sister Mrs. W. F. Smith, and will remain for a week or ten days. Misses Ella Bruechet. Lida Taber, Lillian Baker, Nona Brenner and Mr. Arthur Bruechet of Roselawn spent Sunday with Miss Opal Grant.

Leonard Hayes left this morning for Marion, Ind., where he will complene his business course and also take a teacher’s course in the Marion College. J. C. Frazee and wife and daughter, Lora, of near Peru, are visiting Mrs. Frazee’s brother, Eli Arnold and other relatives, and Mr. Frazee is looking after the interests of his Barkley tp. farm. The ladies of the Christian church will conduct a Thanksgiving market next Wedneday, Nov. 27th, at Roth Bro. meat market. A great many nice things for Thanksgiving will be offered for sale. Mrs. Cha«. Harmon, of Chicago, came last Friday for a ten days’ visit here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Brown. Charley will be down for Thanksgiving day. Both are still working in the Carson, Pier© Scott department store. Carl Dnvall who for several months, has been working at Wolcott, has accepted a position with the Hub Clothing House In Chicago. Three good meetings took place at the Baptist church Sunday, and one addition was made to the church. A large audience greeted Mrs. Leslie at the night service. Theie will be preaching again tonight. Mrs. Ray Wood, in company with her husband and their local family physian went to Chicago yesterday, aud tomorrow at the Hahneman hospital will undergo a slight surgical operation. It is probable that she will have to re main in the hospital about three weeks.

The Brook Reporter has the distinction of being the first paper in this section of the state to announce the name of Vice President Fairbanks as its choice for the republican nomination for President. Of oourse, Indiana will suppor this candidacy, but w © doubt the accuracy of Mr. Stonehill’s statement that the Tenth Congressional is almost a unit for him. Here he seems to be the first choice of very few republicans, not because they have anything against him bnt because they believe others wonld make a stronger race. , 1

A F. Knotts, says the Gary WAitrhttmJariianiau fa haing maeo* Honed by his friends for the jepub lican nomination for Lieutenant Governor. The paper publishes a fine eulogy of Mr. Knotts, relating his qualities as a hustler. Lyman Zaa, former Rensselaer night watch, and for several months a watchman in the Monon railroad yards at Lafayette, was home Sunday to visit his family. He has a badly burned right hand and arm acquired in a peculiar manner. He had scratched the back of his hand with the brass pin on his offi' , er , B star and had done the hand up in a bandage saturated with turpentine. He then lighted hi* pipe aud the ma/ch set fire to the turpentine rag causing an explosion aud a badly burned arm. He is able to keep at work, however, 'and 'TTt urnect to La fayette Sunday evening. , ■ A Winamac man who has had no trouble in getting cash from the local banks wnen he wanted it was in a neighboring town the ofcher day where the banks are paying only a in one cf the banks theie he over heard two liish friends greet Jeach other while waiting their turn at the window. “Tbissseeainds me of Finnegan,' 1 ' remarked one. “What about Finnegan!” inquired the other. “ ’Tis a story that Finnegau died and when he greeted St. Peter he said:’lt’s a fine job you’ve had here a long time. ‘Well, Finnegan,’ said St. Peter, ‘here we can count a million years as a minute and a million dollars as a cent.’ ‘Ah!’ said Finnegau, ‘l’m needin’ cash; lend me a cent.’ ‘Sore,’ said St. Peter, ‘just wait a minute.’ ” A preacher came to a newspaper man in this way: “ You dare not tell the troth. If you did'you could not live; your newspaper would be a failure.” The editor said: “You are right, and the minister who at all times and under all circumstances tells the truth, the whole truth members, alive or dead, will not occupy his puplit more than one Sunaau. ttieu us will Hud it DBQ6B* sary to leave town in a hurry. The press and pulpit go hand in hand with whitewash brashes and pleasant words magnifying the little virtues into big ones. The pulpit, the pen aud the gravestones are the great saintmaking triumvirate.’ And the minister went away looking very serious, while the editor turned to his work and wrote of the surpassing beauty of the piidw and her wealth of golden hair.